Courtesy of Fox 10 News:

A family waits and watches for a daughter, a sister and an army combat nurse to come home from the battlefield of Iraq. “It has been a long fifteen months, very long,” said Sandra and Richard McMullen, their daughter is now home from Iraq.

Finally the wait is over, “Welcome home baby girl,” Sandra McMullen said to her daughter, 1st Lt. Jami Garrick, as the pair embraced.

A mother and child reunion; it’s been more than a year since Sandra McMullen held her baby girl in her arms.

“I don’t want to let go” said Garrick. Garrick is a combat nurse with the United States Army. She’s been treating coalition soldiers at a combat support hospital in Iraq. “Gone way too long,” added Garrick. “Very glad to be home.”

Garrick plans to pack as much family time into the next few days before shipping out to El Paso, Texas where she’s stationed. “Be here for four days and see family and nephews I’ve watched grow up thru pictures and video cam,” shared Garrick.

For now a proud family will snaps pictures to remember this Father’s Day when a daughter, a sister and a combat nurse came home.

Welcome home, Jami!